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Regents Propose Tuition Freeze: Daily Iowan Reader, September 13

Also inside: Steve Forbes speaks at UI, Weisman makes transition, and peace activists eye Afghanistan.

Iowa state Board of Regents proposes 2013-14 tuition freeze

AMES — The state Board of Regents on Wednesday called on the presidents from Iowa’s three regent universities to freeze undergraduate resident tuition for the 2013-14 academic year.

Although the tuition rates won’t be discussed until the regents’ October meeting, Regent President Craig Lang said the tuition freeze would send a message that Iowa is committed to its students. Lang asked university officials to take the cut in tuition revenue in order to invest in Iowa’s in-state students.

University of Iowa President Sally Mason said she has worked closely on the possibility of a tuition freeze and is hopeful for the outcome.

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“I hope it sends a real positive message to families,” she said.  “When the state continues to support the regent institutions, we can at least hold the tuition level.”

The regents approved new appropriation requests to ask legislators for a bump in state funding by approximately 2.6 percent in order to roughly match inflation rates.  The board will also ask for an additional $4 million in state funding for the University of Northern Iowa in order to prevent a tuition increase for the university. 

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